Pedicab driver accused of exposing himself at North Austin book store

From KVUE News

Austin police have issued an arrest warrant for a man they say recorded himself exposing himself near a child at a North Austin book store.

Christopher Carney, 36, is charged with indecency with a child by exposure.

A sex crimes detective at APD told KVUE News he found almost 300 videos on Carney's cell phone -- half of which police say are of a sexual nature.

Carney, a pedicab driver, is now considered a fugitive because police can't find him anywhere.

On December 3, Austin police got a call about a man peeping through a window of a West Campus apartment on Leon Street. When officers arrived they say they caught Carney in the act. They say he was touching himself while looking through a woman's window.

He was arrested for the misdemeanor and bonded out.

Austin police say it took weeks to get a search warrant to go through his phone, and when they did, they found 275 videos -- many of which were taken early in the morning, and police say half of them captured women in various states of undress.

One of those videos was taken on November 26. Police say it shows Carney on the children's isle of the Book Stop at 4001 North Lamar. Investigators say the video shows a young girl with her back to Carney while he's touching himself.

"I consider him to be a threat to the general public by the nature of what he does, and I would compel anyone who's had a -- someone who they've suspected of window peeping -- anybody, a prowler, anybody that would cause you to wonder what that person's doing -- just a suspicious person to phone the police," said Detective John Server, APD Sex Crimes Unit.

Austin police are also planning to release pictures showing the inside of some of his unknown victims' homes. Investigators hope that will bring forward some of his victims who may not even know that they were victimized.

Austin police also told KVUE News that Carney has a previous arrest for indecent exposure and window peeping.